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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 4h

Our friend the Xinjiang Toad is also known as the Pewzow's Toad, named after the Russian explorer General Michail Wassiljewitsch Pewzow‎! They are a a tetraploid species coming from hybridization between Bufotes latastii and Bufotes perrini! (photo by Alexander A. Fomichev)

A tan toad with large greens splotches on their back! Each green splotch has a number of tiny black spots within it! They have somewhat bumpy skin!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 20h

Technically both, because all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads! There are several things that are unique to toads, such as their parotoid glands and they way they lay eggs in strings! The families normally called toads, such as Bufonidae, fall under the order of frogs called Anura!

Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 1d

Our friend the Peru Stubfoot Toad is a critically endangered toad who lives in high elevations in the Andes of Peru! They are one of a few toads who are known to produce tetrodotoxin, the same kind of toxin found in pufferfish! (photo by Jörn Köhler)

An olive-green toad with a somewhat lumpy appearance, with a wide black band down their side! The black band is speckled with small yellow dots! They also have a yellow patch on their face and hind legs! They have small reddish areas on their feet!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 4d

Our friend the Catalonian Midwife Toad was first described as a new species in 2021 when it was separated from the Common Midwife Toad! Like other midwife toads, the male protects the eggs by carrying them until they hatch! (photo by Léo Souillard)

A dark greenish brown toad, mottled with black spots! They are carrying a clutch of dark eggs between their hind legs!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 5d

When young, Dark-sided Toads have black bellies with lots of tiny white dots, sort of like a starry sky! As they age the white dots grow larger until they have a white belly with small black patches!

Fingers holding a tiny toad by a hind leg, belly up! The toad has a black belly covered in tiny white dots!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 5d

Our friend the Dark-sided Toad lives in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia! They are a small toad, only growing to three quarters of an inch long! (photo by Ehren Eksteen)

A black toad with white splotches along their face and belly! They have reddish patches on their upper forelegs and near the tip of their nose! They have a very tough skin texture, and large oblong parotoid glands!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 6d

Our friend the Hurter's Spadefoot Toad lives in the south-central U.S. and possibly in some areas of northern Mexico! They are named after the Swiss-American naturalist Julius Hurter! Like all spadefoot toads, they spend their time in burrows that they dig with their hind legs! (photo by scincus)

An olive-green toad with a large head, very large eyes, and a downturned mouth that looks like they are frowning! They have mostly smooth skin and appear to be covered in a thin layer of dirt!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 7d

Our friend the Sinaloa Toad is named Incilius mazatlanensis, and is named after the city Mazatlán, which is a Nahuatl word meaning "place of deer"! (photo by Sinaloa Silvestre)

A dark brown toad with three light brown bands running down their back! They have a light brown ridge that runs from their nose and around their eyes, and small bean-shaped parotoid glands!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 7d

I haven't seen any documentation that specifically mentions the use of the unken reflex in Melanophryniscus spectabilis, but it's quite likely! They share the same kind of characteristics of other species in the genus, like their bright belly, that would make it useful for them!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 8d

Our friend Melanophryniscus spectabilis lives in the Santa Catarina and Paraná states of southern Brazil! They are known for their brightly colored patterns and the large lump on the end of their nose! (photo by Alan Hentz)

A black toad with bright orange face and shoulders, small occasional orange patches on their back, and bright red toes and belly! They are covered in lots of large warty bumps and have a very large lump on top of their nose!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 11d

Our friend the Serra Do Araçatuba Flea Toad is another tiny from southern Brazil! They are less than half an inch long when fully grown! They are a member of a genus of toads known as Saddleback Toads, named after a saddle shaped bony patch covering their spine! (photo by Luiz F. Ribeiro)

A tiny orange toad with brownish spots on their side! They have huge black eyes!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 12d

Our friend the Malayan Dwarf Toad is a small, common toad found in a large area including the entire Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra! They have been known by many names, such as the Lesser Toad, the Red Small Toad, and the Keel-headed Toad! (photo by Marius Burger)

A small light brown toad with a very dark streak down their back, and many small reddish patches! They have small ridges over each eye, and two small ridges on top of their head! They are covered in lots of bumps! A mosquito is sitting on their back!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 13d

Our friend Rhinella ruizi is a small toad who lives at high altitudes in the tallest mountains of the Colombian Andes! They are named after the Colombian herpetologist Pedro Miguel Ruiz-Carranza! (photo by Gabriel)

A very dark brown toad, somewhat smooth-skinned with a ridge of bumps running down their side and spiky bumps on their hind legs! They have a very long, pointy nose!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 14d

Our friend the Mauritanian Toad is a large toad who lives in northwestern Africa and is also known as the Berber Toad, the Moroccan toad, and the Pantherine Toad! They grow to nearly six inches long! (photo by Samuel Guiraudou)

A light brown toad with dark brown and black panther-like spots! They have very warty skin!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 15d

Our friend the Caucasian Toad lives mostly in the Caucasus area between Russia and Georgia and is a larger, wartier cousin of the European Toad! (photo by Yusuf Bahadır Şahin)

A large brown toad, covered in lots of large warty bumps! They have a wide, dark line that runs from behind their eye and down their parotoid glands!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 19d

Our friend the Canadian Toad likes to spend the winter underground below the frost line, and create small mounds known as mima mounds that can contain hundreds of toads! (photo by Chris O'Donoghue)

A green and brown toad with a cream-colored belly! Their back is covered in lots of large, spiny bumps!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 20d

Our friend Steindachner's Toad lives in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda! (photo by Ewout Knoester)

A greenish brown toad with dark brown markings! They are covered in logs of spiny bumps!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 21d

Our friend the Incachaca Toad lives in Bolivia and was first described as a new species in 1961! Their scientific name Rhinella quechua is named after the indigenous Quechua people of South America! (photo by Teresa Camacho-Badani)

A small olive-green toad with brown markings, a thin stripe down their back, and lots of spiny red bumps on their back! Their sides are also covered in lots of small spiny bumps!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 22d

Our friend the Amboli Tiger Toad is only known from a small area near the village of Amboli in the Western Ghats of India! Females of this species tend to be a muddled brown color, but the males have bright yellow and brown tiger stripes that give them their name! (photo by Avinash Bhagat)

A black toad with bright yellow stripes! Their belly is cream colored! They are covered in lots of tiny warty bumps!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 25d

Our friend the Horned Toad lives in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela! Even though the adults are similar to toads in genus Rhaebo, last year they were separated into their own genus, Adhaerobufo, based on characteristics that are unique to their tadpoles! (photo by Biodiversidad_CAA)

A brown toad with very large crests forming pointed horns over their eyes! They have a slight ridge that proceeds from this crest down their side and to their hind legs! They are somewhat smooth skinned but have spiny bumps along that crest and on their belly!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 26d

Our friend the Central American Gulf Coast Toad can range in color from nearly black, to a reddish brown, to light brown like our friend here! They mostly live in Central America, but their range extends from Costa Rica all the way to central Texas! (photo by Adam Jackson)

A light brown toad, with a somewhat rough looking back but a belly and legs that are covered in lots of spiny bumps! They have ridges that extend from the tip of their nose and over their eyes!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 27d

Our friend the Honduras Rainforest Toad lives in northern Honduras! They are mostly a terrestrial species but sometimes like to climb trees! (photo by Josue Ramos Galdamez)

A brown toad with a light brown stripe running down their side and a thin light brown stripe running down their back! They have somewhat rough looking skin, and their legs are covered in spiny bumps!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 28d

Our friend the Bella Vista Toad lives in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay! They are known for digging deep burrows and spending most of their time underground and sometimes visit the burrows of other toads! (photo by Pedro Garabaya)

A mostly brown toad with a green face and tan colored belly! They are covered in lots of very spiny bumps, each with a black spine in the middle of them! They have a small ridge from their nose, around their eyes, and connected to their parotoid glands!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 29d

Our friend the Damaraland Pygmy Toad is a small toad who lives in the Kaokoveld desert and the Waterberg plateau in northern Namibia! (photo by Kyle Finn)

A small brown toad with light brown and reddish-brown markings! Their parotoid glands are reddish brown! They have very rough skin! Oh yeah, they have their vocal sac inflated to nearly the size of their entire body!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · Sep 12

Our friend the Panamanian Granular Toad is somewhat small compared to other toads in genus Rhinella, only growing to just over two inches long! They live throughout the southern side of Panama! (photo by Wendy Dean)

A brown toad with very rough skin, covered in lots of spiny bumps! Their nose is somewhat upturned and small ridges on their head form a point on the end of their nose!

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